Professors
Dr. Ed Anderson
Email:
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Office: ME 111
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 231
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Title: Professor, Ray Butler Distinguished Educator
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Research Interests: Student Learning, Heat Transfer, Energy Conversion
Dr. Alan Barhorst
Email: alan.barhorst@ttu.edu
Office: ME 205
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 241
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Title: Professor
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Research Interests: Multi-Body, Elasto-Dynamics and Control, Bio-Mechanics, Fluid-Structure Interaction, NDE (acoustic emission), Parametric Optimization, Robotics, Vibrations
Dr. Jordan Berg
Email: jordan.berg@ttu.edu
Office: ME 208
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 233
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Professor and Associate Director of Nano Tech center
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Research Interests: Modeling, Design, Control, and Fabrication of Microsystems, Control of Nonlinear Systems, Microsensors, Bifurcations, Unfoldings, and Singularities of Control Systems
Dr. Sukalyan Bhattacharya
Email: s.bhattacharya@ttu.edu
Office: ME 214
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 249
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Low Reynold's number hydrodynamics, Turbulence and turbulent scalar transport, Statistical mechanics
Dr. Ming Chyu
Email: m.chyu@ttu.edu
Office: ME 213
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 230
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Professor
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Research Interests: Thermal fluid sciences, Healthcare engineering, Energy Systems
Dr. Raymond Desrosiers
Email: raymond.desrosiers@ttu.edu
Office: ME 115
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 275
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Associate Professor
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Dr. Stephen Ekwaro-Osire
Email: stephen.ekwaro-osire@ttu.edu
Office: ME 114
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 232
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Associate Professor
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Research Interests: Design, Vibrations, Dynamics, Probabilistic Design
Dr. Atila Ertas
Email: atila.ertas@ttu.edu
Office: ME 128
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 236
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Professor
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Research Interests: Transdisciplinary Education and Research, Test Method Development , Experimental and Theoretical Study of Nonlinear Dynamics, Random Vibration, Acoustic
Dr. Seon Han
Email: seon.han@ttu.edu
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Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 226
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Research Interests: Mechanics of offshore platforms and marine structures, Fluid induced vibration, Random Vibrations
Dr. Javad Hashemi
Email: javad.hashemi@ttu.edu
Office: ME 215
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 247
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Professor and Associate Dean of Research
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Research Interests: Orthopedic Biomechanics, Solid Mechanics, Materials, Undergraduate Education / Online Laboratory Development
Dr. Zhaoming He
Email: zhaoming.he@ttu.edu
Office: ME 110
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 225
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics, Heart Valve Tissue Mechanics, Cardiovascular Mechano-biology, Cardiovascular Medical devices
Dr. Qing Hui
Email: qing.hui@ttu.edu
Office: ME 201
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 238
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Coordinated control and decentralized control of large-scale networked systems, Modeling, analysis, and control design for wind energy systems, Transient stabilization of multimachine power systems via hybrid control, Control of spatially distributed systems using dynamical systems theory, Network flow and congestion control based on hybrid and impulsive systems approach
Dr. Alexander Idesman
Email: alexander.idesman@ttu.edu
Office: ME 116
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 234
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: numerical algorithms: high-order accurate numerical methods for elastodynamics problems, inelastic materials at small and large strains (metals, rocks, polymers, composite materials), phase transitions and twinning, contact interaction, multiscale approach, finite-element method, parallel computations; modeling of evolving microstructure at phase transitions in elastic and inelastic materials; modeling of technological processes: diamond synthesis, design optimization of high pressure apparatuses, metal forming.
Dr. Darryl James
Email: darryl.james@ttu.edu
Office: ME 202
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 239
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Professor
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Research Interests: Physical simulation of tornado-like vortices, Computational and experimental fluid mechanics, Combined Mode Heat Transfer/Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence Enhanced Heat Transfer
Dr. Alan Jankowski
Email: alan.jankowski@ttu.edu
Office: ME 211
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 250
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: J. W. Wright Endowed Chair Professor
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Research Interests: material properties, nanostructured materials, phase transformations, microstructure and microscopy, synthesis and processing, nanotechnology
Dr. Yanzhang Ma
Email: y.ma@ttu.edu
Office: ME 207
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 243
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Diamond anvil cell high pressure techniques, Laser-heating high temperature technique, Stress and strain under high pressure, Synchrotron X-ray measurement, High pressure spectroscopy measurements, High pressure/high temperature phase transformation, High pressure synthesis, High pressure electronic properties, Nano materials, Energy materials, Superhard materials, Behavior of minerals under high pressure and temperature
Dr. Tim Maxwell
Email: timothy.maxwell@ttu.edu
Office: ME 206
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 248
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Professor
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Research Interests: Automotive Systems, Alternative Fuels, Wind Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Dr. Walt Oler
Email: walt.oler@ttu.edu
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Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 233
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
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Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics
Dr. Michelle Pantoya
Email: michelle.pantoya@ttu.edu
Office: ME 105
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 227
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Energetic Materials, Combustion, Experimental Heat Transfer, Wind Tunnel Modeling
Dr. Siva Parameswaran
Email: siva.parameswaran@ttu.edu
Office: ME 210
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 246
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Professor
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Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Heat Transferc
Dr. Jahan Rasty
Email: jahan.rasty@ttu.edu
Office: ME 203
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 240
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Professor
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Research Interests: Materials Performance and Behavior Characterization, Component Failure Analysis / Investigation, Residual Stress Measurement and Analysis, Manufacturing, Mechanical Metallurgy, Numerical Modeling of Large-strain Manufacturing Processes: Tube Drawing, Extrusion, Rolling and Forging, High Strain-Rate and High Heating-Rate Characterization of Materials, Explosives Modeling and Experimentation, Characterization of Materials Behavior Subject to Explosives Detonation, Impact: Effect of High-velocity Impact on Materials Behavior and Performance, Friction and Slip-Resistance of Walkway Surfaces for Reduction of Slip-and-Fall Incidents
Dr. Sergey Smirnov
Email: sergey.smirnov@ttu.edu
Office: ME 117
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 278
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Rotating and stratified flows, Internal gravity waves, Coastal-trapped waves, Wakes and jet flows, Turbulence and mixing, Multiphase flows, Physicochemical flows in biomedical systems
Dr. Derrick Tate
Email: d.tate@ttu.edu
Office: ME 108
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 228
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Innovative Design, Sustainable Design, Design Education
Dr. Jingzhou (James) Yang
Email: james.yang@ttu.edu
Office: ME 109
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 229
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Digital Human Modeling and Simulation, Healthcare Engineering, Robotic and Mechanical Systems, Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation
Dr. Changdong Yeo
Email: changdong.yeo@ttu.edu
Office: ME 112
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 242
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Title: Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Contact Mechanics and Surface Engineering of Micro/Nano-scale Systems, Theoretical/Experimental Study of Dynamic Adhesive Surface Interactions, Material Characterization of Thin Films using Nanoindentations/Nanoscratch Technique, Computational Mechanics of Multi-layered Structure
Lecturers
Colleen Berg
Email: mailto:colleen.berg@ttu.edu
Office: ME 107
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 235
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Dr. Jeff Hanson
Email: j.hanson@ttu.edu
Office: ME 107
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 235
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Andrew Mosedale
Email: andrew.mosedale@ttu.edu
Office: ME 107
Phone: (806) 742-3563 ext. 235
Fax: (806) 742-3540
Luke Nyakiti
Email: mailto:luke.nyakiti@ttu.edu
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Adjunct Professors
Dr. Jamie Chapman
Research Interests: Engaged in academic and research responsibilities for both undergraduate and graduate students. Teaching of a two-semester graduate course sequence in the design, control and economics of variable-speed wind turbines and windfarms. Initiated and secured funding through a multi-agency consortium for a first-of-kind demonstration of the integration of wind turbines with desalination systems to supply potable water from brackish groundwater aquifers. Principally-involved in the securing of Congressionally-Directed and other funding for wind energy research programs.
Dr. Olkan Cuvalci
Email: alkan_cuvalci@amat.com
Phone: (408) 563-8301
Research Interests: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Nonlinear Dynamics, Deterministic and Nondeterministic Vibration, Design and Manufacturing, Experimental Tribology, Test Method Development
Dr. Valery Levitas
Research Interests:Stress- and strain-induced phase transformations, high pressure mechanics and mechanochemistry, structural changes in materials via virtual melting, multiscale modeling, strain-induced chemical reactions, large inelastic deformation of solids, continuum thermodynamics and kinetics, instabilities in materials and structures, micromechanics and nanomechanics, energetic and nanoenergetic materials, superhard materials, smart materials
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